Lyrics to
Sweet Country Calling

This version of Sweet Country Calling was released by The Hollies in 1976.

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Going down to take a ride on the Rock Island Line
I’m gonna meet an old friend of mine
It’s gonna be a fine ride if only I can hide
From the man who guards the freighting line
I’ve got two thousand miles to go where I want to be
Lady luck stay with me
I wanna be there
I gotta be there

Oh, sweet country calling, calling me its way
Come and bathe in cool clear waters, wash the city dirt away
Oh, sweet country calling, I’ve got something to say
When I get back to you, I won’t let you down
This time I’m gonna stay

I wanna hear, hear the bluegrass
I wanna breathe in the mountain air
I gotta take in all that moonshine
But most of all I wanna see a friend of mine

Last time I saw her she was waving me goodbye
Heading on down the line
She said Come on along, I decided to stay
Now I know I was wrong
That’s why I’m playing with fate riding this freight
Lady luck please stay with me
I wanna be there
I gotta be there

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About Lyrics and Sweet Country Calling by The Hollies

The lyrics to Sweet Country Calling are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Hollies used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Sweet Country Calling have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Hollies and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Sweet Country Calling by The Hollies. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Sweet Country Calling" means the words set to the music of Sweet Country Calling, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Sweet Country Calling and the lyrics to Sweet Country Calling are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sweet Country Calling, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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